NEWS IMAGE COLLAGE / for 11-2014

The Calgary Stampeders were so excited after winning the Grey Cup, they broke the trophy.

In a race against the fading daylight, a 61-year-old hiker was rescued by helicopter Saturday night after falling nearly 20 metres down Mount Seymour in North Vancouver.

Gordie Howe is comfortable as he makes a long recovery from two strokes, but the hockey great can't walk and has limited speech, one of his sons said Sunday.

The Calgary Stampeders have won the 102nd Grey Cup, fending off a Hamilton Tiger-Cat rally in the final minutes to win the CFL title 20-16.

When one of her children was killed six years ago, Anne Arnal never dreamed she would have to go through the same pain again. And again.

A U.S.-led coalition carried out at least 30 air strikes in Syria against Islamic State militants in the northern province of Raqqa on Saturday, a monitoring group said.

Pavel Datsyuk scored twice and the Detroit Red Wings beat the Vancouver Canucks 5-3 on Sunday for their fourth straight victory.

An American family embrace after they hear the heart of their 21-year-old loved one who died in a house fire beat in the chest of a Vietnam War veteran.

German lawmakers probing the surveillance activities of the U.S. National Security Agency have uncovered a legal loophole that allows the country's foreign intelligence agency to spy on its own citizens.

The parents of two 15-year-old girls are asking for the public's help after the girls left their local high school around 2:20 p.m. PT Friday and didn't come home.

Pope Francis and the spiritual leader of the world's Orthodox Christians demanded an end to the persecution of religious minorities in Syria and Iraq on Sunday and called for a "constructive dialogue" with Muslims, capping Francis's three-day visit to Tur

A seven-year-old Vancouver Island boy was rushed to B.C. Children's Hospital in Vancouver after being pulled from a burning building while in cardiac arrest.

James Watson said he has become an 'unperson' since he made controversial claims that black people were not of equal intelligence to white people during a 2007 interview.

A Pond Inlet, Nunavut, hunter is recovering at home after his snowmobile fell through thin ice, plunging him into frigid water and forcing him to walk five hours back to town in wet clothes in below-freezing temperatures.

A report in this month's Journal of Zoology says polar bears' feet leave a scent behind in their footprints, which helps suitable mates find each other.

A migrant from Algeria who threatened to torch his two daughters and ex-girlfriend cannot be thrown out of Britain - because of his 'right to a family life', in a case heard at the immigrant Upper Tribunal.

Jihadi websites claim Candaian Israeli who volunteered to fight ISIS in Syria was captured in Kobane.

The federal government is investigating media reports that Islamic State militants have kidnapped a Canadian-Israeli woman in Syria.

W5 goes undercover to expose a sex offender who claims to have faith healing powers from God.

As the announcer who introduced the Terrafugia Transition put it: 'Ladies and gentlemen, this is one of the most incredible things we've seen, ever, here at Oshkosh'

How movie crews disguise Toronto

Former governor general Michaelle Jean is the new secretary-general of la Francophonie.

Nicolas Dupont-Aigan believes the former penal colony in South America would be a fitting place for the 'madmen' who have fought with groups such as the Islamic State and Al Qaeda.

India's home minister hit out at Pakistan on Saturday, accusing its state agencies of using terror to try to destabilize India, and rejecting Pakistan's assertion that non-state actors are involved in terrorism.

DAKAR, Senegal - Prime Minister Stephen Harper has urged countries in la Francophonie to do all they can to put an end to child marriages as well as forced unions.

BC Hydro crews moved a massive osprey nest they feared might trigger a power outage or fire.

The Alberta Energy Regulator says close to 60,000 litres of crude oil have spilled into muskeg in the province's north. The report says there are no reports of impact to wildlife and that a cleanup has begun.

'Great seats still available' has become the unofficial slogan of the 102nd Grey Cup in Vancouver, where organizers are struggling to drum up fan interest ahead of the CFL championship on Sunday.

The jury in the 'murder for lobster' trial of Joseph James Landry has found him guilty of manslaughter, but not guilty of second-degree murder.

The white police officer who killed Michael Brown has resigned from the Ferguson Police Department, nearly four months after the confrontation that fuelled protests in the St. Louis suburb and across the U.S.

Sean Erlington ran in a fourth-quarter touchdown and Louis-Philippe Simoneau kicked the game-winning field goal as the University of Montreal Carabins won the Vanier Cup on Saturday with a 20-19 comeback win over the McMaster Marauders.

A 13-year-old boy reported missing four years ago was discovered hidden behind a fake wall of a home near Atlanta, Ga., and reunited with his mother early on Saturday, police said.

Two dogs alerted a Toronto couple about an intruder whose recent attempted break-in of their west-end apartment was caught on security cameras.

Snowfall and freezing temperatures late Friday and early Saturday created dangerous condition on B.C. roads all along the South Coast leading to numerous fender benders and more serious accidents.

A man who found himself stuck on thin ice on Great Slave Lake outside Hay River, N.W.T., in 1949 has tracked down one of his rescuers.

Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau says his newly elected candidate for the Ontario riding of Hamilton West-Ancaster-Dundas has agreed to vote in favour of a woman's right to choose if she's elected MP in 2015. Filomena Tassi is said to have described her view

Two anti-terrorism bills that would give greater investigative powers to Canada's police and spies are being swiftly pushed toward becoming law.

A group of parents are protesting a Peterborough, Ont. policy that bans children from high-fiving their crossing guards while walking to school.

The Calgary football tradition of horsing around during Grey Cup festivities continues. Stampeders' supporter Ted Hall of Langley, B.C., has ridden his 24-year-old mare, Tuffy, through a crowd of chanting fans and camera flashes and into a hotel in downto

A combination of cooler seas and a quiet West African monsoon season made for a less active Atlantic hurricane season, giving the South and East Coasts of the United States one of their lengthiest reprieves in history from a major hurricane

With the price of crude plunging to its lowest level more than four and a half years, consumers are benefiting at the gas pump, but the savings are being dampened somewhat by a weaker dollar and other factors, according to an energy expert.

Russian warships have entered the English Channel to wait out a storm following a week of manoeuvrs in the North Sea, the latest in a string of Russian military exercises this year.

Hockey Canada will reveal the players invited to the Canadian world junior selection camp on Monday, the organization announced.

The Grey Cup arrived in Vancouver via sea with a full navy and First Nations escort to kick off a three-day city-wide party.

Three Kenora firefighters have received the provincial medal of bravery. Earl Bichon and two of his colleagues saved a woman trapped inside a burning house in October of last year.

Scientists are warning that the "iconic" horses of remote Sable Island face tough challenges that could wipe them out. The report, obtained by CBC News under the Access to Information Act, says more research is needed.

A $200-million fund to improve mental health care for veterans will actually be spread out over 50 years, and not the six years originally promised by the Conservatives, opposition MPs said Friday.

American actress Teri Hatcher spoke at the United Nations in New York on November 25, as part of the Commemoration of the International Day to End Violence against Women

New federal government research has confirmed that oilsands tailings ponds are releasing toxic and potentially cancer-causing chemicals into the air.

The Canadian government may be shirking its legal responsibility to protect endangered plants and wildlife, a new study suggests.

Leighton Hay of Toronto walked free today for the first time in more than 12 years, after charges that led to his conviction in an execution-style murder in 2002 were withdrawn.

The Conservative government's bid to give Canada's spy service more leeway to work with agencies that operate outside the existing oversight regime has raised a yellow flag for the federal privacy watchdog. Kady O'Malley has more.

A hidden camera investigation by CBC Marketplace reveals that some homeopathic practitioners offer parents inaccurate advice about vaccine risks and unproven alternatives that are not approved by Health Canada as alternatives to vaccines.

An Ontario judge who heard a defamation lawsuit against Sun News Network host Ezra Levant ruled Thursday that the controversial media personality libelled a Saskatchewan lawyer in a series of blog posts the judge said were "motivated by malice."

History was made at the CFL awards banquet Thursday when B.C. Lions linebacker Solomon Elimimian was named the league's most outstanding player. Elimimian becomes the first pure defensive player to capture the award. He also won for most outstanding defen

The Internet had one of its many excited little moments today when the above picture was discovered by many to not be the cast of David E. Kelley's latest television creation but to be the defence firm former radio host Jian Ghomeshi hired.

A woman in central Newfoundland bought herself a puppy to celebrate the end of her cancer treatments, but her beagle Sophie has been missing since Sunday.

Avalanche Canada is warning backcountry users that a weak snowpack is raising possibilities of avalanches in B.C. Interior this weekend.

This year, paleontologists unearthed skeletons of two titanosaurs, the biggest dinosaurs ever found; spinosaurus, the first semi-aquatic dinosaur; the first feathered plant-eating dinosaur, and many more. Where are all these new dinosaurs coming from?

Innisfail-Sylvan Lake MLA Kerry Towle says she felt bullied and intimidated by her former party after a senior Wildrose staff member smashed her coffee mug and sent her photos of the pieces.

The government has published the names of 55 First Nations which have not complied with new transparency rules that require them to post their financial statements online by Wednesday's final deadline.

The Conservative government is trying to quash a finding of the federal integrity commissioner concerning alleged wrongdoing within the RCMP.

A goalie in St. John's is being hailed as a hero for saving a man's life at Mile One Centre, the second such incident in the province in a week.

CBC News has learned that as many as half a dozen Bell Canada employees planted glowing, five-star reviews about a new Bell app on iTunes.

Company acquired millions of dollars in scrap metal, but came up short on jobs promised, CBC News investigation finds.

The Syrian Electronic Army is claiming responsibility for the hacking of multiple news websites, including CBC News.

The bestselling mystery writer died Thursday at her home in England, said her publisher.

Myths about vaccines are powerful and prevalent. In some parts of Canada, more than 40 per cent of seven year olds do not have all their shots. Here are some of the most pervasive myths and what the science actually says.

Researchers are focusing on the differences between identical twins, rather than the similarities, in an attempt to rethink the nature versus nurture debate, and unlock medical mysteries including cancer.

A disgusting and filthy fad is making the rounds in North America, and CBC reporter Chris O'Neill-Yates found herself a target for simply doing her job.

A suggestion that white and non-black protesters limit their visibility and "stand behind black folks" at vigils in Ottawa and Toronto in solidarity with the people of Ferguson, Mo., has sparked a heated debate on social media.

The conviction of the men, who persuaded the girls that the grooming was part of their 'culture and tradition', can be reported for the first time after the conclusion of a trial at Bristol Crown Court.

The surveillance video from a detention centre near Quebec City that captured the brazen helicopter escape last June of inmates Serge Pomerleau, Denis Lefebvre and Yves Denis has been released.

CBC News has compiled a list of alleged extremists of interest to Canadian and international law enforcement authorities.

Marie Henein has been described by her legal colleagues as" fearless and brilliant" and "as fine a criminal lawyer as this country has." The Toronto lawyer is a key go-to barrister for high-profile accused, including Jian Ghomeshi.

Lois Campbell from Summerside was shopping for apples at Sobeys a week and a half ago, when she was greeted by a group of children.

The maximum penalty for overcoming resistance by choking to commit an indictable offence is life in prison, while the maximum for sexual assault is 10 years

The federal government has quietly backed away from a plan for mandatory recycling of compact fluorescent light bulbs, which contain the toxic element mercury, CBC News has learned.

Canada will send the Ukrainian army more than $22 million worth of cold-weather gear, including jackets and boots, Defence Minister Rob Nicholson said Wednesday.

The B.C. Lions rugged linebacker is expected to be the runaway winner of the league's outstanding player award after registering a CFL-record 143 tackles this season.

Ten years after an unusually scalloped clam was dragged up from the ocean floor off northern Vancouver Island, the tiny mollusk is making waves in the research world.

Former Montreal forward Gilles Tremblay, who won four Stanley Cups with the Canadiens in the 1960s, has died at age 75. The Canadiens reported Tremblay's death on their official Twitter account.

People in Nunavut and beyond could be seeing more snowy owls this year, as researchers in parts of the High Arctic count the highest number of snowy owls in 25 years.

The study says bears face starvation and reproductive failure throughout Canada's Arctic islands by the end of the century.

A researcher from England has discovered two new dinosaur species after studying fossils that have been sitting in a Canadian museum for more than 75 years.

Five children were killed after their Texas mobile home caught on fire and its roof partially collapsed, making rescue attempts impossible, officials say.

A frozen woolly mammoth found with a pool of liquid blood last year in Siberia has been given an autopsy, providing blood and tissue samples that may be used to clone the extinct ancient animal.

The Rideau Valley Wildlife Sanctuary is asking commuters to stop feeding a coyote from their cars in Nepean.

An Ottawa woman says she's still waiting for a response from OC Transpo and doesn't plan on riding buses with her baby on cold days in the future after a bus driver asked her to get off a bus with her stroller and two-month-old baby.

Some retailers change the labels of meat and poultry packages in order to convince consumers that their products are fresher than they actually are, a Radio-Canada hidden-camera investigation has found.

A 71-year member of the legion in Thunder Bay says he's pleased the Auditor General chose to look into spending issues at Veterans Affairs.

One of the most well-known junk food brands in the world is getting into the dairy business, rolling out a new brand of milk that the company says is much healthier than the stuff you grew up on.

A free-flying bald eagle soared through a football stadium on Sunday in Texas, wearing a camera to show the bird's-eye view of the majestic bird's flight.

Measuring the thickness of Antarctic sea ice, an important gauge of environmental conditions in this remote polar region in a time of global climate change, has proven to be a tricky task. But an underwater robot is providing a nice solution.

A Russian-made Tu-134 with 74 oil workers and seven crew members aboard was due to fly from the town of Ingarka on Tuesday to Krasnoyarsk nearly 1,300 kilometres to the south when the plane's chassis brakes got frozen to the ground, prompting some passeng

Canadians shell out $260 million every year for rent-to-own products, often paying exorbitant prices that would not be allowed in some U.S. states.

The grand jury verdict in Ferguson, Mo., not only set off a night of rioting and protest across the U.S., but also showed the extent to which society has granted police effective immunity for their actions. Is that really a good thing, Neil Macdonald asks

Ustin the tiger, released by Putin in May, has farmers on edge after it bit and killed 15 goats and left three others missing in northeastern China

Vladimir Putin has said he won't remain Russia's president for life and will step down in line with the constitution no later than 2024, according to an interview with a Russian news agency released Sunday.

They snack on danger and dine on death, merrily munching on rotting flesh that would certainly sicken or kill any person and most other animals. But how do vultures do it?

Two Canadian teams are among the NHL's three most valuable franchises, according to Forbes' 16th annual valuation of all 30 clubs.

The Royal Canadian Mint will officially launch a new $5 silver coin Tuesday night featuring a design by Cree artist Tim Whiskeychan of Waskaganish in northern Quebec.

'We want the Cup!' Ticats fans chanted, as the CFL Eastern Division Champions left their Hamilton headquarters en en route to the Grey Cup in Vancouver.

The man who unleashed a 14-shot fusillade in a crowded food court testified on Tuesday that he believed he was about to die just before he opened fire in a landmark tourist and shopping centre.

A suggestion that white and non-black protesters limit their visibility and "stand behind black folks" at protests Tuesday in Ottawa and Toronto against the fatal shooting of a black teen in Ferguson, Mo., has sparked a heated debate on social media.

"This guy was born to coach," said Tom Larscheid about former Canucks coach Pat Quinn, who died Sunday at the age of 71. "He inspired. He motivated his team."

Three Western Treaty First Nations say they will "resist" the federal government's order to comply with the financial transparency act by tomorrow or risk losing federal funding.

The CBC says former radio host Jian Ghomeshi has withdrawn a $55-million lawsuit against the public broadcaster.